The Barry Awards, which began in 1997, are presented at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. Voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures, the award is named in honor of Barry Gardner, a well-known fan reviewer and American critic.
Best Novel
Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly
The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
The Second Girl by David Swinson
Best First Novel
Dodgers by Bill Beverly
I’m Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork
IQ by Joe Ide
The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner
Best Paperback Original
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry
The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens
The Queen’s Accomplice by Susan Elia MacNeal
The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty
The Girl in the Window by Jake Needham
Best Thriller
Overwatch by Matthew Betley
First Strike by Ben Coes
Guilty Minds by Joseph Finder
Back Blast by Mark Greaney
The One Man by Andrew Gross
Collecting the Dead by Spencer Kope